Cavalry has been the mobile shock force of all successful
armies since antiquity. The horseback cavalry has withered
away, replaced with shock forces of technology, a lethalmix of
air and ground fighting machines designed to deliver troops to
any battlefield. Mobile weaponry packs a punch, and has made
the modern cavalry a lethal killing force of its own. Examine
high-speed armoured cavalry vehicles, from South Africa's
remarkable Rooikat, to Canada's widely used LAV. Trace the
evolution of the airborne forces, such as the US Army's 82nd
Airborne Division, and take a seat in one of the most lethal
weapons on the modern battlefield, the attack helicopter,
including the American Apache and the South African Rooivalk.
